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ployed in the " Chace dou cerf" for a halloa in hunting 

 in a similar way to jopeye in our text : 



" Et puis juppe ou come i. lone mot 

 Chaucims en a joie qui Vot" 



In the sense it is used in our " Master of Game " (p. 

 185) it means to halloa to the hounds, to encourage them 

 with the voice. 



KENETTES, small hounds. Kenet is a diminutive 

 form of the Norman-French kenet y and the O. F. chen y 

 cieneteSy chenet, a dog : i veneour a ii cienetes, Ne mie grans 

 mais petitetes. Et plus blans que n est flors d* e spine (Percival, 

 22,895). Derived from the Latin canis [see Appendix : 

 Harriers). 



LIGGING, a bed, a resting-place, a lair. From O. 

 Eng. licgan, licgean, Goth. /igan y lie, lie down. The 

 ligging of the hart was what we now call his lair, spelt 

 also layer. In our MS. it is used for the dwelling of a 

 wild cat (p. 71). 



This old expression is not entirely obsolete, but can 

 be heard still among the country people of the northern 

 counties of England. 



LIMER, lymer ; the name given to a scenting-hound 

 which was held in a liam or leash whilst tracking the 

 game. Limers never were any distinct breed of hounds, 

 but, of course, some breeds produced better limers than 

 others (De Noirmont, vol. ii. p. 350). 



A dog used as a limer had to be keen on the scent, 

 staunch on the line, not too fast, and was taught to run 

 mute, for if the exact whereabouts of any game had to be 

 discovered, it would have been impossible, if the hound 

 gave tongue or challenged while on the scent. A likely 

 hound was chosen from the kennel at an early age, 

 G. de F. says at a year old (p. 157), and from that time 

 accompanied his master, sleeping in his room, and being 



